Solely one in all 14 crew members discovered from the sunk cargo ship Raptor as Storm Oliver pummels the Mediterranean coast.
A significant rescue operation is below method after a cargo ship carrying 14 crew members and a load of salt, sank off the coast of Lesbos island in Greece as high-speed winds tilted the vessel inflicting it to tackle water.
The Comoros-flagged ship Raptor, which was travelling from Dekheila, Egypt to Istanbul, sank 4.5 nautical miles (8.3km) southwest of Lesbos early on Sunday.
In response to the Greek coastguard, 5 cargo ships, three coast guard vessels, air pressure and navy helicopters in addition to a navy frigate have joined the rescue effort to seek for the crew members, of whom just one has been rescued.
The crew member was airlifted from the ocean by a navy helicopter throughout gale pressure winds, based on the coastguard and brought to Lisbon Common Hospital for therapy.
The ship first reported a mechanical failure at 7am native time (05:00 GMT), however by 8:20am, the captain had despatched out a Mayday misery name and reported that the ship was tilting. The ship disappeared from the radar shortly after. Authorities suspect that the heavy load brought on the ship to record and sink as soon as it took on water.
The Athens Information Company (ANA), quoting the working firm of the ship based mostly in Lebanon, stated that crew members included Syrian, Indian and Egyptian nationals.
‘Harmful climate phenomena’
Ships remained docked throughout a number of elements of Greece over the weekend, with wind speeds reaching 9-10 on the Beaufort scale, that means a robust gale to storm pressure. The Beaufort scale which ranges from 0 to 12 estimates wind power.
An emergency climate warning by the Hellenic Nationwide Meteorological Service (EMY) was upgraded on Saturday from “worsening climate” to “harmful climate phenomena”, as Storm Oliver (additionally referred to as Bettina) moved from the Adriatic Sea towards Greece.
The nation has been struck by repeated flooding over latest months after being hit by a collection of storms.
Central Greece was devastated in September by cataclysmic quantities of rain dumped by Storm Daniel, destroying crops and killing tens of 1000’s of cattle throughout a large space that’s the coronary heart of Greece’s agricultural manufacturing.
